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<caption class="r systemtitle">Outcomes of Applications for Disability Benefits <br></br> Table 61. <br></br> Medical decisions at the initial adjudicative level, by year of application and program, 2008�2017</caption>
 
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<th rowspan="2">Year</th>
<th colspan="3">All decisions</th>
<th colspan="3">Decisions on applications for Social Security only</th>
<th colspan="3">Decisions on applications for both Social Security and SSI</th>
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<th>Total</th>
<th>Allowances</th>
<th>Allowance rate <sup>a</sup> (percent)</th>
<th>Total</th>
<th>Allowances</th>
<th>Allowance rate <sup>a</sup> (percent)</th>
<th>Total</th>
<th>Allowances</th>
<th>Allowance rate <sup>a,b</sup> (percent)</th>
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<td>&nbsp;</td><td class="c notecontent" colspan="9">All&nbsp;disabled&nbsp;beneficiaries</td>
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<td class="l data">2008</td>
<td class="r data">       6,610</td>
<td class="r data">       4,148</td>
<td class="r data">    62.8</td>
<td class="r data">       6,298</td>
<td class="r data">       4,055</td>
<td class="r data">    64.4</td>
<td class="r data">         312</td>
<td class="r data">          93</td>
<td class="r data">    29.8</td>
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<td class="l data">2009</td>
<td class="r data">       8,227</td>
<td class="r data">       5,160</td>
<td class="r data">    62.7</td>
<td class="r data">       7,828</td>
<td class="r data">       5,046</td>
<td class="r data">    64.5</td>
<td class="r data">         399</td>
<td class="r data">         114</td>
<td class="r data">    28.6</td>
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<td class="l data">2010</td>
<td class="r data">       9,140</td>
<td class="r data">       5,461</td>
<td class="r data">    59.7</td>
<td class="r data">       8,734</td>
<td class="r data">       5,373</td>
<td class="r data">    61.5</td>
<td class="r data">         406</td>
<td class="r data">          88</td>
<td class="r data">    21.7</td>
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<td class="l data">2011</td>
<td class="r data">       9,523</td>
<td class="r data">       5,937</td>
<td class="r data">    62.3</td>
<td class="r data">       9,125</td>
<td class="r data">       5,840</td>
<td class="r data">    64.0</td>
<td class="r data">         398</td>
<td class="r data">          97</td>
<td class="r data">    24.4</td>
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<td class="l data">2012</td>
<td class="r data">      13,313</td>
<td class="r data">       8,938</td>
<td class="r data">    67.1</td>
<td class="r data">      12,931</td>
<td class="r data">       8,812</td>
<td class="r data">    68.1</td>
<td class="r data">         382</td>
<td class="r data">         126</td>
<td class="r data">    33.0</td>
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<td class="l data">2013</td>
<td class="r data">      12,917</td>
<td class="r data">       8,545</td>
<td class="r data">    66.2</td>
<td class="r data">      12,575</td>
<td class="r data">       8,444</td>
<td class="r data">    67.1</td>
<td class="r data">         342</td>
<td class="r data">         101</td>
<td class="r data">    29.5</td>
</tr>
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<td class="l data">2014</td>
<td class="r data">      13,266</td>
<td class="r data">       8,638</td>
<td class="r data">    65.1</td>
<td class="r data">      12,967</td>
<td class="r data">       8,557</td>
<td class="r data">    66.0</td>
<td class="r data">         299</td>
<td class="r data">          81</td>
<td class="r data">    27.1</td>
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<td class="l data">2015</td>
<td class="r data">      13,967</td>
<td class="r data">       9,305</td>
<td class="r data">    66.6</td>
<td class="r data">      13,648</td>
<td class="r data">       9,195</td>
<td class="r data">    67.4</td>
<td class="r data">         319</td>
<td class="r data">         110</td>
<td class="r data">    34.5</td>
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<td class="l data">2016</td>
<td class="r data">      13,418</td>
<td class="r data">       8,658</td>
<td class="r data">    64.5</td>
<td class="r data">      13,122</td>
<td class="r data">       8,555</td>
<td class="r data">    65.2</td>
<td class="r data">         296</td>
<td class="r data">         103</td>
<td class="r data">    34.8</td>
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<td class="l data">2017</td>
<td class="r data">      13,530</td>
<td class="r data">       8,864</td>
<td class="r data">    65.5</td>
<td class="r data">      13,252</td>
<td class="r data">       8,770</td>
<td class="r data">    66.2</td>
<td class="r data">         278</td>
<td class="r data">          94</td>
<td class="r data">    33.8</td>
</tr>
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<td>&nbsp;</td><td class="c notecontent" colspan="9">Workers</td>
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<td class="l data">2008</td>
<td class="r data">       5,948</td>
<td class="r data">       3,862</td>
<td class="r data">    64.9</td>
<td class="r data">       5,869</td>
<td class="r data">       3,823</td>
<td class="r data">    65.1</td>
<td class="r data">          79</td>
<td class="r data">          39</td>
<td class="r data">    49.4</td>
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<td class="l data">2009</td>
<td class="r data">       7,495</td>
<td class="r data">       4,873</td>
<td class="r data">    65.0</td>
<td class="r data">       7,371</td>
<td class="r data">       4,807</td>
<td class="r data">    65.2</td>
<td class="r data">         124</td>
<td class="r data">          66</td>
<td class="r data">    53.2</td>
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<td class="l data">2010</td>
<td class="r data">       8,338</td>
<td class="r data">       5,138</td>
<td class="r data">    61.6</td>
<td class="r data">       8,234</td>
<td class="r data">       5,089</td>
<td class="r data">    61.8</td>
<td class="r data">         104</td>
<td class="r data">          49</td>
<td class="r data">    47.1</td>
</tr>
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<td class="l data">2011</td>
<td class="r data">       8,667</td>
<td class="r data">       5,521</td>
<td class="r data">    63.7</td>
<td class="r data">       8,548</td>
<td class="r data">       5,451</td>
<td class="r data">    63.8</td>
<td class="r data">         119</td>
<td class="r data">          70</td>
<td class="r data">    58.8</td>
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<td class="l data">2012</td>
<td class="r data">      10,769</td>
<td class="r data">       6,775</td>
<td class="r data">    62.9</td>
<td class="r data">      10,630</td>
<td class="r data">       6,695</td>
<td class="r data">    63.0</td>
<td class="r data">         139</td>
<td class="r data">          80</td>
<td class="r data">    57.6</td>
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<td class="l data">2013</td>
<td class="r data">      10,400</td>
<td class="r data">       6,356</td>
<td class="r data">    61.1</td>
<td class="r data">      10,280</td>
<td class="r data">       6,295</td>
<td class="r data">    61.2</td>
<td class="r data">         120</td>
<td class="r data">          61</td>
<td class="r data">    50.8</td>
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<td class="l data">2014</td>
<td class="r data">         (X)</td>
<td class="r data">         (X)</td>
<td class="r data">     (X)</td>
<td class="r data">         (X)</td>
<td class="r data">         (X)</td>
<td class="r data">     (X)</td>
<td class="r data">         (X)</td>
<td class="r data">         (X)</td>
<td class="r data">     (X)</td>
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<td class="l data">2015</td>
<td class="r data">      10,344</td>
<td class="r data">       6,081</td>
<td class="r data">    58.8</td>
<td class="r data">      10,231</td>
<td class="r data">       6,020</td>
<td class="r data">    58.8</td>
<td class="r data">         113</td>
<td class="r data">          61</td>
<td class="r data">    54.0</td>
</tr>
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<td class="l data">2016</td>
<td class="r data">      10,597</td>
<td class="r data">       6,198</td>
<td class="r data">    58.5</td>
<td class="r data">      10,478</td>
<td class="r data">       6,138</td>
<td class="r data">    58.6</td>
<td class="r data">         119</td>
<td class="r data">          60</td>
<td class="r data">    50.4</td>
</tr>
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<td class="l data">2017</td>
<td class="r data">      10,436</td>
<td class="r data">       6,058</td>
<td class="r data">    58.0</td>
<td class="r data">      10,320</td>
<td class="r data">       6,006</td>
<td class="r data">    58.2</td>
<td class="r data">         116</td>
<td class="r data">          52</td>
<td class="r data">    44.8</td>
</tr>
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<td>&nbsp;</td><td class="c notecontent" colspan="9">Widow(er)s</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="l data">2008</td>
<td class="r data">         256</td>
<td class="r data">         133</td>
<td class="r data">    52.0</td>
<td class="r data">         168</td>
<td class="r data">         113</td>
<td class="r data">    67.3</td>
<td class="r data">          88</td>
<td class="r data">          20</td>
<td class="r data">    22.7</td>
</tr>
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<td class="l data">2009</td>
<td class="r data">         243</td>
<td class="r data">         107</td>
<td class="r data">    44.0</td>
<td class="r data">         165</td>
<td class="r data">          95</td>
<td class="r data">    57.6</td>
<td class="r data">          78</td>
<td class="r data">          12</td>
<td class="r data">    15.4</td>
</tr>
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<td class="l data">2010</td>
<td class="r data">         304</td>
<td class="r data">         137</td>
<td class="r data">    45.1</td>
<td class="r data">         204</td>
<td class="r data">         115</td>
<td class="r data">    56.4</td>
<td class="r data">         100</td>
<td class="r data">          22</td>
<td class="r data">    22.0</td>
</tr>
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<td class="l data">2011</td>
<td class="r data">         344</td>
<td class="r data">         142</td>
<td class="r data">    41.3</td>
<td class="r data">         210</td>
<td class="r data">         127</td>
<td class="r data">    60.5</td>
<td class="r data">         134</td>
<td class="r data">          15</td>
<td class="r data">    11.2</td>
</tr>
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<td class="l data">2012</td>
<td class="r data">         793</td>
<td class="r data">         647</td>
<td class="r data">    81.6</td>
<td class="r data">         706</td>
<td class="r data">         631</td>
<td class="r data">    89.4</td>
<td class="r data">          87</td>
<td class="r data">          16</td>
<td class="r data">    18.4</td>
</tr>
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<td class="l data">2013</td>
<td class="r data">         726</td>
<td class="r data">         600</td>
<td class="r data">    82.6</td>
<td class="r data">         655</td>
<td class="r data">         591</td>
<td class="r data">    90.2</td>
<td class="r data">          71</td>
<td class="r data">           9</td>
<td class="r data">    12.7</td>
</tr>
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<td class="l data">2014</td>
<td class="r data">         812</td>
<td class="r data">         664</td>
<td class="r data">    81.8</td>
<td class="r data">         731</td>
<td class="r data">         648</td>
<td class="r data">    88.6</td>
<td class="r data">          81</td>
<td class="r data">          16</td>
<td class="r data">    19.8</td>
</tr>
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<td class="l data">2015</td>
<td class="r data">         863</td>
<td class="r data">         701</td>
<td class="r data">    81.2</td>
<td class="r data">         780</td>
<td class="r data">         685</td>
<td class="r data">    87.8</td>
<td class="r data">          83</td>
<td class="r data">          16</td>
<td class="r data">    19.3</td>
</tr>
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<td class="l data">2016</td>
<td class="r data">         760</td>
<td class="r data">         611</td>
<td class="r data">    80.4</td>
<td class="r data">         691</td>
<td class="r data">         600</td>
<td class="r data">    86.8</td>
<td class="r data">          69</td>
<td class="r data">          11</td>
<td class="r data">    15.9</td>
</tr>
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<td class="l data">2017</td>
<td class="r data">         651</td>
<td class="r data">         550</td>
<td class="r data">    84.5</td>
<td class="r data">         595</td>
<td class="r data">         534</td>
<td class="r data">    89.7</td>
<td class="r data">          56</td>
<td class="r data">          16</td>
<td class="r data">    28.6</td>
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<td>&nbsp;</td><td class="c notecontent" colspan="9">Adult&nbsp;children</td>
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<td class="l data">2008</td>
<td class="r data">         406</td>
<td class="r data">         153</td>
<td class="r data">    37.7</td>
<td class="r data">         261</td>
<td class="r data">         119</td>
<td class="r data">    45.6</td>
<td class="r data">         145</td>
<td class="r data">          34</td>
<td class="r data">    23.4</td>
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<td class="l data">2009</td>
<td class="r data">         489</td>
<td class="r data">         180</td>
<td class="r data">    36.8</td>
<td class="r data">         292</td>
<td class="r data">         144</td>
<td class="r data">    49.3</td>
<td class="r data">         197</td>
<td class="r data">          36</td>
<td class="r data">    18.3</td>
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<td class="l data">2010</td>
<td class="r data">         498</td>
<td class="r data">         186</td>
<td class="r data">    37.3</td>
<td class="r data">         296</td>
<td class="r data">         169</td>
<td class="r data">    57.1</td>
<td class="r data">         202</td>
<td class="r data">          17</td>
<td class="r data">     8.4</td>
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<td class="l data">2011</td>
<td class="r data">         512</td>
<td class="r data">         274</td>
<td class="r data">    53.5</td>
<td class="r data">         367</td>
<td class="r data">         262</td>
<td class="r data">    71.4</td>
<td class="r data">         145</td>
<td class="r data">          12</td>
<td class="r data">     8.3</td>
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<td class="l data">2012</td>
<td class="r data">       1,751</td>
<td class="r data">       1,516</td>
<td class="r data">    86.6</td>
<td class="r data">       1,595</td>
<td class="r data">       1,486</td>
<td class="r data">    93.2</td>
<td class="r data">         156</td>
<td class="r data">          30</td>
<td class="r data">    19.2</td>
</tr>
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<td class="l data">2013</td>
<td class="r data">       1,791</td>
<td class="r data">       1,589</td>
<td class="r data">    88.7</td>
<td class="r data">       1,640</td>
<td class="r data">       1,558</td>
<td class="r data">    95.0</td>
<td class="r data">         151</td>
<td class="r data">          31</td>
<td class="r data">    20.5</td>
</tr>
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<td class="l data">2014</td>
<td class="r data">       1,908</td>
<td class="r data">       1,702</td>
<td class="r data">    89.2</td>
<td class="r data">       1,778</td>
<td class="r data">       1,676</td>
<td class="r data">    94.3</td>
<td class="r data">         130</td>
<td class="r data">          26</td>
<td class="r data">    20.0</td>
</tr>
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<td class="l data">2015</td>
<td class="r data">       2,760</td>
<td class="r data">       2,523</td>
<td class="r data">    91.4</td>
<td class="r data">       2,637</td>
<td class="r data">       2,490</td>
<td class="r data">    94.4</td>
<td class="r data">         123</td>
<td class="r data">          33</td>
<td class="r data">    26.8</td>
</tr>
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<td class="l data">2016</td>
<td class="r data">       2,061</td>
<td class="r data">       1,849</td>
<td class="r data">    89.7</td>
<td class="r data">       1,953</td>
<td class="r data">       1,817</td>
<td class="r data">    93.0</td>
<td class="r data">         108</td>
<td class="r data">          32</td>
<td class="r data">    29.6</td>
</tr>
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<td class="l data">2017</td>
<td class="r data">       2,443</td>
<td class="r data">       2,256</td>
<td class="r data">    92.3</td>
<td class="r data">       2,337</td>
<td class="r data">       2,230</td>
<td class="r data">    95.4</td>
<td class="r data">         106</td>
<td class="r data">          26</td>
<td class="r data">    24.5</td>
</tr>
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<td colspan="10" class="footer">SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Disability Research file, 100 percent data. <br></br> NOTES: Data are current through June 2018. <br></br> Because a number of applications remain pending for more recent years, the allowance rate will change over time. <br></br> Applications with a medical decision may be pending a final nonmedical decision or be subsequently denied for nonmedical reasons. <br></br> Data from 1992 through 1998 are available for disabled workers only. <br></br> SSI = Supplemental Security Income. <br></br> a. Rate determined by dividing medical allowances by all medical decisions for that year. <br></br> b. Rate for the Social Security portion only. <br></br> CONTACT: (410) 965-0090 or statistics@ssa.gov.
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